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Salted Away LbNA #69692

Owner:Desert Flower
Plant date:Mar 14, 2016
Location: 1600 N Camino De Oeste
City:Tucson
County:Pima
State:Arizona
Boxes:1
Found by: Dawgdok
Last found:Mar 26, 2018
Status:FFFFFF
Last edited:Mar 15, 2016

The March 2016 theme for Quest Scouts is Small World. One of the Find objectives is to hide a micro-sized letterbox. For this box I chose a mini-park located on the west side of Tucson, Feliz Paseo Park. I consider this a mini-park as the area it covers is small, and the trails range from 0.2 to 0.6 miles long. The park was designed with universally accessible trail system, some of the trails are dirt but leveled and graded for access for all. There is a nice ramada at the beginning with restrooms and water.
http://webcms.pima.gov/cms/one.aspx?portalId=169&pageId=1519
questscouts.com

The title for this box came from the micro-sized container which I received last year in a monthly Scout Pack from Quest Scouts for the theme On The Menu. The container is from Jacobsen Salt Company, Hand-Harvested in Oregon, gourmet salt.

Driving Directions;
From I-10, exit Speedway (exit 257) and travel west. Bear right off of Speedway and then turn right on Camino De Oeste. In a short distance you will see a small brown sign for Feliz Paseo Park, turn right to enter the park.

Clues;
0.5 mi RT
Paseo through the entrance ramada and find the Trail Map on the left edge of the trail.
Head for the Ramada Shade Seating at the back edge (east) of the Bob Mora Trail.
Once at the ramada notice the interpretive sign titled 'Water in the Desert'.
The top of the post (southeast) closest to the sign holds the tin.
You will need to be under the ramada, then step up on the bench and reach up in the corner to retrieve this micro-sized magnetic tin.
When you put it back, please be careful to keep it under the ramada cover. There is a small space where it could be pushed outside the cover, it is not waterproof.

This has never been a busy park, however please make sure the coast is clear before you retrieve this box.

Hike length: 0.5 miles